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Bel Air commissioners direct town to install approved speed hump on 500 block of East Broadway after years of debate
Summary
After two years of study, petitions and conflicting interpretations of the town's Neighborhood Traffic Management Program, the Board of Town Commissioners voted 3-2 to direct the town administrator to resume installation of a previously approved speed hump on the 500 block of East Broadway.
The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners voted 3-2 on Oct. 6 to direct the town administrator to resume the previously approved installation of a speed hump on the 500 block of East Broadway, concluding more than two years of study and public debate.
Residents and staff testified that the block had been studied and advanced through the town's Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP), that engineering markers and funding were included in the July 2025 resurfacing plan, and that crews were stopped in the field after work began. Commissioner Taylor moved to direct the town administrator to resume the installation; Commissioner Chance seconded the motion and it passed with Commissioners Rutledge, Taylor and Chance voting yes and Commissioner Chismar and Chair Eddington voting no.
The vote followed more than an hour of public comment and commissioner deliberation in which supporters and opponents presented data…
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